Aortic Dissection Awareness Day 19th September 2020 10:00 - 1445
Welcome to the 2020 New Zealand Aortic Dissection Awareness Day. The event is supported by the voluntary contribution of health care professionals and patient advocates.
We hope toprovide an entertaining and informative event with opportunity to ask questions and discuss. We ask that questioins are not focussed on the medical conditions of individuals.
Please remember to keep your microphone on silent during presentations but feel free to qrite questions in the 'chat box' throughout.
Join the meeting here - CLICK HERE Meeting Number - 165 439 3227 Password - Aorta
Schedule of talks 1000 Powhiri (John Bleackley) 1010 Welcome (David McCormack & Tracy Butler Holdaway) 1020 Aortic Structure and Function (Chris Holdaway) 1040 Imaging the Aorta (Zubayr Zaman)
1100 Break
1110 Can we Predict Events (Nishith Patel) 1130 Diagnosis and Missed Diagnosis (Ruth Large) 1150 Aortic Disease in New Zealand (Pranesh Jogia) 1210 Aortic Dissection Surgery (Adam El-Gamel)
1230 Lunch break 1300 Our Journey -Trials and Triumphs (John Bleackley & Peter Fleming) 1320 Psychological Impact of Aortic Dissection (Tracy Butler Holdaway) 1340 Endovascular Therapies – Keeping Things in Order (Manar Khashram) 1400 Medications - What they are for (TV Liew) 1420 You are not alone – Shared Journeys (Peter Fleming)